SUN DATA

1 MILLION YEARS

It takes energy in the sun’s core about 1 million years to reach the surface.

1.5 MILLION CANDLES

If you cut off a postage stamp sized portion of the sun it would shine

with the intensity of 1.5 million candles.

GREEN FLASH

Everyone knows the sun can be yellow and orange but did you know

that it can be green? This phenomenon known as green flash is very rare.

A LOT OF POWER

Every year the Earth absorbs 94 billion megawatts of energy from the sun.

That’s immensely more than the world’s total energy use.

LESS THAN 30 DAYS

All the energy used by man since the dawn of civilization is roughly

equal to 30 days of the sun’s energy.

NUCLEAR BOMBS

Every second the sun gives off the same amount of energy as

10 billion nuclear bombs.

3 MINUTES

If all the Sun’s energy were directed at Earth it would take only 3

minutes for it to melt the crust.

THE SOLAR WIND IS FAST

Remember that solar wind, well it’s no joke. It moves on average

about 280 miles per second and takes only 4 days to reach the Earth.